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RHC |
| Item Call Number |
DS 838.7 Y39 2014 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17941 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - 9781782009320 (hardbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - DS 838.7
- Item number - Y39 2014
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - Yenne, Bill,
- Dates associated with a name - 1949-
- Relator term - author.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The Imperial Japanese Army :
- Remainder of title - the invincible years, 1941-42 /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - Bill Yenne.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Oxford, UK :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Osprey Publishing,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 2014
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 360 pages :
- Other physical details - illustrations (some color), maps ;
- Dimensions - 24 cm
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references (pages 348-353) and index.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - Maps -- Introduction -- Prologue -- Two young warriors and the emperor's army -- Two senior officers and the emperor's armies -- The first bridges on the road to war -- The world at war -- Two building blocks fall into place -- Taking the southern road -- Final preparations -- December 8, 1941 -- The first week -- Homma in the Philippines -- Black Christmas -- A new year in Malaya -- A new year in the Philippines -- The Ploesti of the East -- Indies stepping stones -- The tiger of Malaya strikes at Singapore -- War comes to Burma -- The heart of the Dutch East Indies -- Tightening the noose across the Indies -- Beautiful Bali, stepping stone to Java -- Tightening the noose in the Java Sea -- The axe falls on Java -- Four days on Java -- The conquest of the Dutch East Indies-- The battle of Australia -- The battle of America --- Climax in Burma -- Bataan and Corregidor, the final days -- The end of the beginning -- Under the emperor's roof -- The beginning of the end -- The end -- Epilogue -- An overview of the Japanese order of battle in Southeast Asia (1942-42) -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "The German offensives which crushed Poland in 1939 and swallowed most of Western Europe in less than two months in 1940 have been well documented and heavily studied, however, the overall picture of the remarkable Japanese offensive land campaign in 1941-42 has received less attention.
In this fascinating new book, Bill Yenne documents the years when the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) was conducting its equally unstoppable ground campaign in the Far East, and unlike other books on this subject, he studies the campaign from the Japanese point of view.
He reveals how the IJA were able to conquer huge swathes of Southeast Asia in a little over eight weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Using first-hand accounts from Japanese sources, Yenne reveals the tactics and mindset of the IJA during their offensive, detailing the capturing of Manila, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Singapore, Burma, and the Dutch East Indies.
Exploring the infrastructure and technical challenges of waging war across such a huge area, Yenne delves into the hardships that faced individual Japanese soldiers in theatre and explains how the Japanese were able to remain undefeated and establish the aura of invincibility that marked their campaign between 1941-42."
- Summary, etc. - "Based on Japanese sources and first-hand reports, this book examines the astonishing Japanese successes at the start of the war, revealing how victory after victory was won despite the huge logical and geographical challenges." - Roderick Hall
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Japan.
- Subordinate unit - Rikugun
- General subdivision - History
- Chronological subdivision - World War, 1939-1945.
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - Japan.
- Subordinate unit - Rikugun.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- General subdivision - Campaigns
- Geographic subdivision - Southeast Asia.
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - World War, 1939-1945
- Geographic subdivision - Japan.
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